Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-12-16
DAKOTA ne

gr0ceedings OF the Territorial Al
lance Gathering.
Huron, Dec. 14-One important feature
OF the Dakota Farmers alliance, in ses-
sion here, was Secretary Soderberg' q re-
port. IL gave the whole number OF al.
liances in Dakota as 4s6, nearly 1900
members, scattered through % COUNTIES.
The number of alliances organized and
chartered since the last annual meeting
Is 2I4, OF which 1876 are local, and is
county or district, as follows: Sanborn !,
Minnehaha, Sphinx, Pembina, Hyde,
Brown lincoln, Dickey, OodinRton,
Nelson, Lake, Brnle Miner, Hand, Trail,
Turner, aud Potter counties. The or
.gaEization covers 30 counties, of which
Pembina leads with "a local alliances,
Minnehsha so, Grant l3. Lake IL,
Dickey, II, BKowa 10, and Tu.ner IL.
There is live working alliance in Rapid
City.
One hundred and sixty semi-annusl
reports were read by the secretary. show
ing that the direct money eaving to the
large number OF alliances has been from
$500 to $4,000. Reports from nearly all
the alliances chow. reduction ON ma.
chinery OF from 90 to 80 pei cent; ON
twine, from 3 to 7 cents per pound: on
GOAL. from ST. to So per ton, Many
Thousand dollars have been saved BY
farmers elevators and warehouses.
T. A.. johnson. secretary Of the Lake
county alliance Says that by this COM
petition q saving of about three cents
bbnshcl on grain has been given the
farmers of that county on this years
crop alone, aggregating about So 600; on
GOAL. twine and machinery, $4,000. 8 total
of S., 900 for Lake county farmers.
Following the s~ecretary's report, came
reports from allisnces. These were In
teresting, detailing the work and the
benefits the farmers had and were de-
irving from the organization. The most
remarkable report was received from st.
Olaf, from the farmers cooperative
association, organized by alliance No.
1852, showing the business for sixty days
las follows: Total number bushels oil
wheat bought, 1852: net profits on the
came $3.50. Flax bought, ii ,755 bushels;
met profits, $500; profit on feed and
grain, $I.150; profit on the GALE OF four
carloads of coal, $50, making o grand
total Of ST. ,210. Expenses. 1925; leaving
g balance in favor OF the association OF
1886.
During the consideration OF the report
OF the committee or hail Insurance, the
following resolution passed:
That members sustaining loss to crops
by hail shall be entitled to compensa-
ton where the loss ID entire, for the
full amount incurred; and for partial loss,
the due proportion thereof, but 10 no
case shall he be insured for more than
the following: Wheat, So; oats, $6l 80;
corn, 81; rye, So 80; barley, 81 $50; FAX,
81, and no deduction for harvesting,
threshing or marketing.
The cyclone clause was stricken out
and addict to the insurance Of grain 10
the shock at additional cost. The home
fofice of the association wal removed
from Twin Brooks to Aberdeen.
The allisrce has BEEN in executive
session all the afternoon considering the
report oi the purchasing agent.
A Joint meeting, Of the alliance and
horticultural society was held this even
ing.
AT . meeting of the horticultural go
lciety to-day the following officers we're
elaeted: President, q. DeBsil, Sioux
Falls; vice.presfdent, G.. N. Whiting
Esmond; secretary Prof. o. A. Kefper,
B~rookingss treasurer, Oliver Gibbs,
Ramsey; director north DaFota, WiIlism
Olaussen. of Bismarck; for south Dako-
70, a.. o. Warner, of Furestburg: Alonxo
! Wsrdeils Of Twin Brooks, director 90
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